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Biography
Denise O'Connor is Professor (Research) and Deputy Director of the Wiser Health Care Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and NHMRC Investigator Leadership Fellow.
Denise is an implementation scientist and health services researcher and her research explores the causes of, and the design and evaluation of solutions to address, research translation problems. This includes reducing low-value care and improving uptake of effective and efficient models of healthcare service delivery.
Denise is lead investigator in three NHMRC-funded Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) including Wiser Healthcare (wiserhealthcare.org.au), a national research collaboration that works in partnership with health agencies, clinicians and consumers to ensure better value health care for Australians with a particular focus on reducing overdiagnosis, overtesting and overtreatment; Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (anzmusc.org), a collaboration of researchers, clinicians and consumers who aim to optimise musculoskeletal health by conducting high-quality, clinical and implementation trials; and Redesign of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in the Digital Era across One Health (RADAR-1H), which leads effective and sustainable implementation of digital interventions to optimise antimicrobial use in Australia.
She contributes to two Cochrane Collaboration Thematic Groups: People, Health Systems and Public Health, and Musculoskeletal Health and Pain, is Editor with Cochrane Musculoskeletal, and is past Director of the Australasian Satellite of Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC). She contributes as Editorial Board member of Implementation Science.
To support her research, she has been awarded three NHMRC Fellowships (Early Career, Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) and Investigator Leadership) and grant funding from other organisations including the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, the Victorian Department of Health, Cabrini Health and the HCF Research Foundation.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Implementation science
- Research translation
- Systematic reviews
- Randomised controlled trials
- Health services research
- Qualitative research
- Evidence-based practice
- Low value care
- Models of care
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Educating health professionals through a Knowledge Transfer Framework to reduce use of high-risk, and/or unnecessary medicines
Reeve, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Turner, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cross, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bell, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Liau, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Langford, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Galbraith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Palermo, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ottrey, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haines, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Manias, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nielsen, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Connor, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wale, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shakib, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Magin, P. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Laver, K. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hilmer, S. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Etherton-Beer, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Malone, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
31/01/25 → 31/01/28
Project: Research
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QHUB: Quality Use of Medicines Education Collaboration
Barnett, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Dartnell, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Connor, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cox, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilkinson, D. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Braithwaite, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nugent, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dhilon, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & O'Donohue, G. (Project Manager)
28/01/25 → 28/01/28
Project: Research
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RADAR-1H: Redesign of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in the Digital Era across One Health (RADAR – 1H)
Thursky, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Browning, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Connor, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Baysari, M. T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hall, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bennett, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Capurro, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ierano, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hardefeldt, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Teoh, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), James, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Van Driel, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Huckvale, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Trubiano, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Konecny, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Gilkerson, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), N J Thomson, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Elkins, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Berkovic, D. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Worth, L. J. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Research
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Audit and Feedback Research and Development Partner
O'Connor, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gorelik, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ackerman, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Docking, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Ivers, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Eastern Melbourne Healthcare Network Ltd (trading as Eastern Melbourne PHN)
28/06/24 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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Harnessing research translation science to drive ‘the right care’
O'Connor, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/02/24 → 31/01/29
Project: Research
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Alternative healthcare delivery arrangements in Nepal: a systematic review of comparative effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness studies
Rai, P., O'connor, D. A., Ackerman, I., Budhathoki, S. S. & Buchbinder, R., 4 Jan 2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 1, 13 p., e016024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Implementation interventions to promote healthcare professional uptake of evidence-based opioid deprescribing for adults with chronic non-cancer pain (Protocol)
Langford, A. V., Wallis, J. A., Reeve, E., Buchbinder, R., Cross, A. J., Turner, J., Docking, S., Haas, R., Johnston, R. V., Ackerman, I. N., Cyril, S., Wale, J., Gnjidic, D., Gorelik, A. & O'Connor, D., 21 Jul 2025, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025, 7, 16 p., CD016178.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Implementation interventions to promote healthcare professional uptake of evidence-based opioid prescribing for adults with acute non-cancer pain (Protocol)
Wallis, J. A., Langford, A. V., O'Connor, D., Reeve, E., Ackerman, I. N., Haas, R., Docking, S., Cross, A. J., Turner, J., Johnston, R. V., Gorelik, A., Cyril, S., Wale, J. & Buchbinder, R., 21 Jul 2025, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025, 7, 17 p., CD016179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of Imaging Requests By General Practitioners for People With Musculoskeletal Complaints: An Analysis From a Primary Care Database
Haas, R., Gorelik, A., O'Connor, D. A., Pearce, C., Mazza, D. & Buchbinder, R., Mar 2025, In: Arthritis Care & Research. 77, 3, p. 402-411 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The use of implementation science theoretical approaches in hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomised trials of healthcare interventions: A scoping review
Atzmon, O., Crowther, M. E., Bei, B. & O’Connor, D. A., Dec 2025, In: Implementation Science. 20, 1, 13 p., 23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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